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Minutes of the Meeting of December 2, 1941 



The meeting was called to order by the President Dr. J. S. 

 Karling, at the American Museum of Natural History at 8 :20 P.M. 

 Eighty-seven members and friends were present. 



The minutes of the previous meeting were adopted as read. 



Dr. Earl H. Newcomer, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 

 N. C, was elected by unanimous ballot to annual membership. 



The deaths of Professor W. J. Himmel, University of Nebraska, annual 

 member since 1924, and Mr. Severin Rapp, Sanford, Fla., associate member 

 since 1941, were announced with regret. 



The President announced that the 75th Anniversary Committee 

 had selected the week of June 22, 1942, to hold the 75th Anniver- 

 sary Celebration meetings. 



The scientific part of the program consisted of a talk by Pro- 

 fessor William Seifriz, of the University of Pennsylvania, on 

 "Recent advances in the study of protoplasm." Professor Seifriz 

 illustrated his talk with motion pictures of the protoplasm of slime 

 molds. 



The meeting was adjourned at 9 :40 P.M. 

 Respectfully submitted, 



JOHN W. THOMPSON, JR. 

 Recording Secretary 



Minutes of the Meeting of December 17, 1941 



The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. John S. 

 Karling, at 3 :30 P. M. at the New York Botanical Garden. Fifty- 

 seven members and friends were present. 



In the absence of the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding 

 Secretary read the minutes of the previous meeting. The minutes 

 were approved as read. 



The following were elected by unanimous ballot to annual membership; 

 Mr. Russel Lee Walp, Marietta College, Marietta, Ohio ; Miss Doris A. 

 Bach, 823 Park St., Kalamazoo, Mich.; Mr. Patrick Murray, St. Albert 

 College, Middletown, N. Y. ; Miss Dorothy Day, Smith College, Northamp- 

 ton, Mass.; Miss Margaret S. Brown, 36 Kent St., Halifax, N. S.; Mr. 

 W. J. Nickerson, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. ; Miss Clara S. 

 Hires, Mistaire Laboratories, 152 Glen Ave., Millburn, N. J. ; Mr. Victor M. 

 Cutter, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. ; and Mr. D. G. Smith, 5 West 

 63rd St., New York, N. Y. To associate membership : Mr. L E. Ehrenreich, 



